DOCUMENT:Q245723 07-FEB-2001 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Simple Schedule Inventory Always Runs at Midnight PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER::1.2,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbtool kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsms120 kbsms120bug kbInventory kbsms200preSP3fix kbsms200 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.2, 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== After you configure a hardware or software inventory to run on a simple schedule, the Systems Management Server (SMS) clients all report inventory at midnight. If a computer is turned off when the inventory interval is reached, the inventory is taken after the computer is restarted. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q288239 SMS: How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 3. MORE INFORMATION ================ When you specify a simple schedule, it normally permits the inventory to be taken at a single, specific interval. While this permits less flexibility in scheduling, this method usually causes less network traffic because the time each client's MIF file is sent is initially based on that client's installation time. For subsequent inventories, it is based on the interval and the last time that inventory was taken on that computer. When this problem occurs, all clients can generate their inventory information close to the same time and the servers specified as Client Access Points (CAP) can be flooded with a large number of inventory files. This problem can cause the network redirector on the servers to generate the following Windows NT event error messages: Event ID: 2022 Description: The server was unable to find a free connection x times in the last 60 seconds. Event ID: 3013 Description: The redirector has timed out to . This behavior can also occur when an inventory is configured to use a full schedule. This by-design behavior occurs because this type of schedule is intended to have all of your clients run inventory at exactly the same time. Ideally, a full schedule should not be used if the network environment and the number of client access points are not scaled high enough to support the additional load that is associated with this configuration. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbtool kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsms120 kbsms120bug kbInventory kbsms200preSP3fix kbsms200SP3fix Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120 kbSMS200SP1 kbSMS200SP2 Version : :1.2,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.